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Sacramento Valley Cemetery Wins EPA Federal Green Challenge Award For Water Conservation
2015-11-02 01:53:21| pollutiononline Home Page
Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld presented the Federal Green Challenge award to the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery for reducing water consumption by more than 22% -- nearly 14 million gallons -- in 2014
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Market Opportunity For Water Technology In Oil And Gas
2015-11-02 00:58:14| oilandgasonline News Articles
There has never been a better time for water industry specialists to become involved in the UK oil and gas industry, says British Water.
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Los Angeles considers officially 'drought shaming' water violators
2015-11-01 16:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Drought-stricken Los Angeles is weighing new ways to crack down on residents who use more than their fair share of dwindling water supplies. For the first time in many years, such water hogs could be publicly named in an official version of the increasingly familiar and social-media-driven phenomenon of drought shaming. Earlier this month, LA councilman Paul Koretz had a motion approved that gave the citys department of water and power 30 days to recommend measures to curb excessive water use,...
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Brazil, land of water, goes thirsty
2015-10-30 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The sign -- "risk of drowning" -- outside one of Rio de Janeiro's freshwater reservoirs looks like a joke: there's no water here left to drown in. Instead, the Saracuruna reservoir near Duque de Caxias, outside Rio, is an expanse of sand, mud and vegetation. Four stray dogs scamper and cattle come to drink from a stream still running through the middle. "It's been a long time since there was any water here," said a security guard walking up the dry bed to order AFP journalists away on Friday....
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Beverly Hills fined for not conserving enough water in drought
2015-10-30 20:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Upscale Beverly Hills is among four California cities where water utilities have been fined for not forcing residents to conserve enough water during California's unrelenting four-year drought, officials said on Friday. The wealthy Los Angeles area municipality was fined $61,000 on Thursday, making it the only community not located in a desert singled out for penalties, the California State Water Resources Board said. "Some urban water suppliers simply have not met the requirements laid before...
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